Richard Rubin is the U.S. tax policy reporter for The Wall Street Journal in Washington, where he focuses on the intersection of taxes, legislation, politics and economics. He was the lead author on the Journal's coverage of the 2017 tax law and now writes frequently about the challenges facing the Internal Revenue Service.

Richard has covered tax policy since 2007 and worked for Bloomberg News and Congressional Quarterly before joining the Journal in 2015. Earlier in his career, he wrote about local government and transportation policy for the Charlotte Observer. Richard is a native of New Jersey and a graduate of Duke University.